The cases are in a 74-year-old man and a 51-year-old woman from Victoria, a 66-year-old man from Queensland, a 64-year-old woman from Western Australia and a 70-year-old man from Tasmania.
Queensland Chief Health Officer Jeanette Young said the 66-year-old is in intensive care as a direct result of receiving the COVID jab on March 30.
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Dr Young mentioned the man s matter during Queensland s COVID press conference today. (Nine) (The) TGA has confirmed with me that they believe that his illness is a direct result of the AstraZeneca vaccine, Dr Young said. He received the first dose of the vaccine on 30 March ⦠and presented to the Townsville hospital, where he was admitted and tested and it s now been confirmed that he⦠has most likely developed that syndrome.